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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Immudb vs. Milvus vs. Quasardb vs. Valentina Server

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeVector DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#295  Overall
#42  Key-value stores
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orggithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
milvus.ioquasar.aiwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.immudb.iomilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddoc.quasar.ai/­mastervalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsCodenotaryquasardbParadigma Software
Initial release20122020201920091999
Current release29.0.1, April 20241.2.3, April 20222.3.4, January 20243.14.1, January 20245.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC++, GoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes infointeger and binaryyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like syntaxnoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP APIODBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoyes
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemRole based access control and fine grained access rightsCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache DruidImmudbMilvusQuasardbValentina Server
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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